To upgrade or not to upgrade.

[Damien.]

Simple question, is it worth upgrading to the Q6600 from an E6600.

Im upgrading at the end of the month due to a generous bonus, but wondering if ill notice much difference in performace ?

 

[Damien.]

The only think thats sparked this is the fact i cant run world it conflict to well on full whack and the crysis beta is a little choppy.

I got a 8800 GTX so it cant be that, and 2gb of ram. So the cpu is the only thing i can think of thats holding my pc back. Or perhaps games are becoming to ahead of time.

 

[Damien.]

There it is then. When i get paid im going to get a GO Q6600 and another 2 gb of ram. That should tide me over nicely.

 

[Damien.]

I dont use any of that software, all i do is game. Im just scared i cant run crysis on high at a decent FPS.

 

[Damien.]

Im thinking of buying another 2gb of ram too. then id be running;

Q6600
4GB Crucial Ballistix @ 800FSB
8800GTX @ 630 / 2000

That should run crysis without a hickup ?

 

[Damien.]

Well i got my Q6600 Today. Got it running at 8 x 400 FSB = 3200. Think i got my vcore abit to high at 1.35 but its running good, temps under load are arround 50 - 55c ? How does that sound ?

 

[Damien.]

Umm, read my previous post mate

Arrived this morning, already in my pc and running !



Gotta update my siggy now, lol. Got a GTX and the Q6600 now ! Im finding about 15 more FPS with this chip by the way, on XP.

 

[Damien.]

The only reason im on 400 is because i got the ram multiplyer at 2.0x, so my 5300 runs at 800 FSB. Seems nice and stable to me.

 

[Damien.]

Haha, i dont have anything better to spend the money on, and i get paid on monday.

Yer FPS increase is on the Crysis beta.